Watching Jiang Yuan's smiling face on stage, Yang Zeyun's expression turned indescribable below.

He vaguely remembered the words he had said to Jiang Yuan before leaving Zhenhai City.

He was going to defeat Jiang Yuan again!

Although he had never defeated Jiang Yuan before, he still felt that the failure was due to his lack of understanding of his opponent's abilities.

It was like that spear, possessing the characteristic to ignore the Skill of armor.

If he had known this bit of information earlier, he certainly would have been on his guard back then.

But he didn't know.

So he proposed to Jiang Yuan that they attend different Academies, waiting to defeat him again,

But what about now? Although they were indeed in different Academies, and indeed both were among the top four Academies,

In this Joint Examination of the four schools, he was in the first battlefield, while Jiang Yuan was in the second battlefield.

The first battlefield was full of students with the strength of Xuanxiao and Ju Zi, while the second battlefield had the strength of Jianglu and Great Liang.

Although the gap between them was only a single Realm, this one Realm's gap was already enough to make a statement.

Furthermore, even in the first battlefield, he was powerless and was quickly eliminated.

Yet Jiang Yuan was like a fish in water on the second battlefield, not only surviving to the end but even using strategy to fool many opponents who were stronger than himself, going around in circles.

Talent, intelligence, Combat Power?

It seemed like he was completely crushed in all aspects.

Even though the distance between them was a mere hundred meters, he didn't choose to approach and greet him.

The words he once said in Zhenhai City, now returned to his own face like a slap, scorching hot pain on his cheek.

"I will definitely surpass you!"

Yang Zeyun said in a low, Determined voice as he watched Jiang Yuan receive the award on stage.

Jiang Yuan on stage naturally didn't notice Yang Zeyun's mood because he didn't even see the other party.

As someone with a slight social phobia, can't this award ceremony be switched to something else?

Jiang Yuan felt his legs becoming unsteady as he walked.

But soon, the old headmaster brought up the prize.

Holding the prize, the old headmaster looked at Jiang Yuan and smiled slightly.

Jiang Yuan, who was using the "Cute Head" card and was still under its effect, suddenly received a warning.

Jiang Yuan's face changed, what's going on? Is the headmaster going to harm me?

No, that's not possible. Could it be that this headmaster is someone else in disguise?

In just an instant, Jiang Yuan's heart was in turmoil.

If it were really a person of the old headmaster's level attacking him, maybe even the Linglong Pagoda wouldn't be able to withstand it.

But in the next second, Jiang Yuan recognized a fate worse than death.

"Right, before the award ceremony, there's something I need to say."

The old headmaster withdrew his gaze from Jiang Yuan, then began to speak with a smile.

"That treasure was not my doing, and I was not even informed before it happened; it was all Jiang Yuan's idea on his own."

Not only did other contestants on the field freeze for a moment when they heard the old headmaster's words, but even Jiang Yuan was stunned.

What? What's going on?

Just telling everyone so straightforwardly?

Although it feels reasonable to do so, something seems off.

"So, I'm not someone who nags, but if someone else does, then there's nothing I can do."

The old headmaster spoke, laughed a little, and then looked at Jiang Yuan again: "Alright, let's proceed to distribute the awards."

Waving his hand, the old headmaster signaled another teacher to come up and distribute the prizes to everyone, then he himself left the stage.

Feeling the fierce gazes of the top two hundred contestants around him, Jiang Yuan shrank his head unwillingly.

And not just from the surrounding top two hundred contestants, but also from contestants eliminated because of the treasure incident, who similarly glared menacingly at Jiang Yuan.

If I had been more cautious, maybe I could have made it into the top two hundred!

But because of this so-called treasure, I lost the qualification to continue in the competition.

It's disgusting!

How can there be such unscrupulous people in the Joint Examination of the four schools!

Damn it!

Bad news, the "Cute Head" alert earlier was about this!

How could I forget?

Now, Jiang Yuan doesn't even need to lift his head, feeling the piercing gazes like swords from all directions.

It wasn't the headmaster, I am your beloved student!

We are from the same Academy, how could you do this to me?

In the end, Jiang Yuan didn't even know how he left the stage.

"It's over, the plan is going to fail."

In the evening, returning home, Jiang Yuan scratched his messy hair and spoke in despair.

Originally, he had planned to break through to the early stages of Great Liang with the Star Power Light Ball reward after making it into the top two hundred.

After all, his third star representing Jianglu was already more than half lit, and under these circumstances, two white Star Power Light Balls should be enough to rise to Great Liang strength.

He was positive about breaking through.

What bottleneck from Jianglu to Great Liang?

What a joke!

Did he really think the Spirit Marrow Jade Lotus Master gave him was eaten for nothing?

Aside from its basic effect, the strongest part of the Spirit Marrow Jade Lotus is to eliminate the bottleneck to the next stage.

Effective all the way up to the Tenth Realm!

Theoretically, such heavenly materials and earthly treasures should be used in the Ninth Realm to maximize their effects.

Because the difficulty of breaking through the bottleneck increases as one moves further along.

But it so happened that Jiang Yuan was in a phase of instability in his Star Power during that period.

If one wants to make rapid progress, then the only option is to use it immediately.